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  • ULA's Delta IV Rocket Sends 8th Boeing-Built WGS Military Comms Satellite Into Orbit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ULA’s Delta IV Rocket Sends 8th Boeing-Built WGS Military Comms Satellite Into Orbit

    The Boeing-built Wideband Global SATCOM 8 satellite launched aboard a United Launch Alliance-made Delta IV rocket Wednesday to support global military communications. WGS-8 is equipped with a digital payload technology designed to offer almost twice as much bandwidth capacity as previous WGS satellites, Boeing said Wednesday. ULA said the satellite lifted off Wednesday from Space Launch Complex-37 in Cape Canaveral, Florida, at […] More

  • Lockheed Completes Encapsulation Work on Navy MUOS-5 Satellite; Mark Woempner Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Completes Encapsulation Work on Navy MUOS-5 Satellite; Mark Woempner Comments

    Lockheed Martin has completed the encapsulation of a fifth Mobile User Objective System satellite designed for military communications into a launch vehicle fairing platform. MUOS-5 is scheduled to take off June 24 onboard a United Launch Alliance-built Atlas V rocket and would be the final satellite to complete the U.S. Navy’s network constellation, Lockheed said in […] More

  • Steve Gizinski: Inmarsat-Spectra Group Alliance Creates Satellite Service for Tactical Mobile Comms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Steve Gizinski: Inmarsat-Spectra Group Alliance Creates Satellite Service for Tactical Mobile Comms

    Inmarsat and Spectra Group have partnered to develop a mobile satellite service intended to help military customers facilitate ultra and very high-frequency tactical communications. Steve Gizinski, vice president of special programs at Inmarsat’s U.S. government business unit, wrote in a blog post published Monday the L-band Tactical Satellite platform works  to provide data and voice connectivity for military users. He noted […] More

  • Army Orders Additional Satcom Terminals From Harris; Ed Zoiss Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Orders Additional Satcom Terminals From Harris; Ed Zoiss Comments

    Harris Corp. has been awarded $41 million in orders for new U.S. Army satellite communications terminals that will serve as the backbone for military communications and missile defense systems worldwide. The company will produce and install the fixed-site terminals and hardened transportable terminals under the Army’s Modernization of Enterprise Terminals program, Harris said Thursday. “MET’s […] More

  • Bill Ross: General Dynamics Radios Aim to Secure Army's Tactical Communications - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bill Ross: General Dynamics Radios Aim to Secure Army’s Tactical Communications

    General Dynamics will provide lightweight two-channel radio technology to the U.S. Army through the company’s position on a potential $12.7 billion contract that the military service awarded on Feb. 26. Bill Ross, a vice president at General Dynamics’ mission systems business, said Monday the company aims to help military personnel exchange and secure tactical communications with its an […] More

  • Boeing to Upgrade Air Force's Satellite Comms Anti-Jam System for $55M - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing to Upgrade Air Force’s Satellite Comms Anti-Jam System for $55M

    Boeing has received a $54.98 million contract modification to upgrade the anti-jam system of the U.S. Air Force‘s satellite communications. The company will work to increase the resilience of the Air Force’s Wideband Global Satcom satellites from electronic threats with a redesigned X-Band anti-jam system, the Defense Department said Tuesday. Boeing will perform work in El Segundo, […] More

  • DARPA-GlobalFoundries Team Aims to Address Military EM Spectrum Interference With Semiconductor Chip - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA-GlobalFoundries Team Aims to Address Military EM Spectrum Interference With Semiconductor Chip

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has partnered with semiconductor chip producer GlobalFoundries to develop a silicon-on-insulator chip that works to quickly process radio-frequency signals and prevent interference in congested electromagnetic spectrum. DARPA and GlobalFoundries developed the 32-nanometer semiconductor-based chip under the Arrays at Commercial Timescales program, the agency said Monday. The analog-to-digital converter is designed […] More

  • Vencore, Army Demo Tactical LTE Radio Service; Steve Omick Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vencore, Army Demo Tactical LTE Radio Service; Steve Omick Comments

    The U.S. Army‘s Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center has partnered with Vencore to develop and demonstrate a commercial technology for warfighters to access 4G, Wi-Fi or tactical radio networks, C4ISR & Networks reported Wednesday. Adam Stone writes that soldiers were able to transmit emergency medical data using a radio and an LTE communications platform […] More

  • Research and Markets Report Sets Global Military Comms CAGR at 12% in 2015-2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets Report Sets Global Military Comms CAGR at 12% in 2015-2020

    A new Research and Markets report forecasts the global military communications market to reach $40.82 billion by 2020 from $23.02 billion in 2015 amid a growing demand for updated communication techniques. The report sets the market’s compound annual growth rate at 12.1 percent during the forecast period, Research and Markets said Wednesday. T noted that tier-one […] More

  • MarketsandMarkets: Data Security Tech Helps Drive Military Comms Market Growth - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MarketsandMarkets: Data Security Tech Helps Drive Military Comms Market Growth

    A MarketsandMarkets report predicts the worldwide military communications technology and service industry will grow 12.1 percent year-over-year to hit $40.82 billion in market value by 2020. The research firm said Friday the market is currently worth $23.02 billion and partly driven by companies that develop tools to secure data for military operations. The availability of […] More

  • Northrop Hands Lockheed 4th Payload for AEHF Satellite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Hands Lockheed 4th Payload for AEHF Satellite

    Northrop Grumman has delivered the fourth protected military communications payload for the U.S. Air Force‘s Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite to prime contractor Lockheed Martin ahead of its integration with the AEHF payload module. Northrop said Monday it will perform payload integration while Lockheed works on satellite bus unit integration as part of a hybrid satellite integration and test approach. The […] More

  • Northrop Integrates Payload Antennas for Lockheed AEHF Satellite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Integrates Payload Antennas for Lockheed AEHF Satellite

    Northrop Grumman has started to integrate two downlink phased array antennas into the payload of a fourth advanced extremely high frequency military communications satellite being built by Lockheed Martin. The companies are working together to integrate the AEHF satellite payload under a hybrid integration framework, Northrop said Tuesday. Northrop designed the AEHF antennas to operate […] More